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From: Paul.Davis@bbs.acs.unc.edu (Paul Davis)
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Subject: 1084 Monitor Blues!!! (HELP!)
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Date: 21 May 91 09:20:13 GMT
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I have a question for anyone who wants to take a shot at it, we own a
couple of commodore 1084 monitors (along with tons of other C= equipment)
and they have started to exhibit a problem that has us baffled, each
monitor will at times simply shut off, the screen will go blank and stay
that way for about five minutes then suddenly it's back on for about
another five minutes. While the screen is out the power LED stays on,
we have determined that the flyback does in fact shut down (we cannot
hear it whine) and you can audibly hear it power back up when the monitor
comes back online. My question(s) is this: does anyone know exactly what
is causing this, it must be a common experience as I have heard from other
individuals who are experiencing the same problem. My first guess would
be that the flyback is going into thermal shutdown and after cooling off
for a little while kicks back in, not an educated opinion just a hackers
guess!. By the way the monitor is manufactured for commodore by Magnavox
(I am not %100 sure on this so correct me if I am wrong), any help or
ideas would be greatly appreciated as I cannot see just letting the
monitors go to waste and $200 just to open the case is to much to send
them in, I would like to fix them myself if possible. Thanks in advance.
 
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